Germany / KfW Entwicklungsbank / German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Policy approach in Bosnia and Herzegovina
German
cooperation policy takes its cue from the shared aims of the international
community: the Millennium Declaration and the eight Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), the Monterrey Consensus and the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation. Germany’s strategy paper for realizing these development
objectives, in particular the MDGs, is the 2006 inter-ministerial Programme of
Action, which was adopted by the German government in 2001 and further defined
within the regional and country strategies. Besides financial and technical
cooperation carried out by the KfW Entwicklungsbank (the German Development
Bank) and the German Development Cooperation (GTZ), Germany supports several conflict
resolution institutions in BiH within the Stability Pact for South East Europe
(SEE).
GTZ
serves to rebuild BiH’s economy, focusing on the following areas: economic
reform and the promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs),
democracy, and civil society. In these fields, GTZ manages programmes and
projects across geographical and ethnic divides, thereby making a significant
contribution to stability in the region. In preparing, implementing, and
evaluating technical cooperation projects, GTZ uses a number of instruments to
assess the overall impact of each programme and project on development.
KfW
Entwicklungsbank (the German Development Bank) is part of the KfW Bankengruppe
(KfW group) and is responsible for financial cooperation with developing
countries on behalf of the German Government. It provides long-term capital and
promotes investment in infrastructure, financial systems, and environmental
protection. In BiH, KfW continues to support financial sector development, the
energy sector (with a specific focus on renewable energy and energy
efficiency), and municipal infrastructure (with a concentration on water and
wastewater management, and environmental protection).
Allocation and activities in 2007
All
together Germany
supported BiH with more than € 5 million from the Stability Pact for SEE in
2007. In total, Germany/GTZ/KfW allocated € 45.9 million to BiH in 2007, of
which € 14.9 million was in the form of grants and € 31 million in the form of
loans.
Contact information
Embassy of the Federal
Republic of Germany
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address: Buka 11 –
13, 7100 Sarajevo,
BiH
Phone: +387 33.275.000
Fax: +387 33.652.978
Email: debosara@bih.net.ba
Web addresses: www.auswaertiges-amt.de; www.sarajewo.diplo.de
GTZ Coordination Office Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Address: Splitska
14, 7100 Sarajevo,
BiH
Phone: +387 33.260.920
Fax: +387 33.260.921
Email: axel.sachs@gtz.de
Web address: www.gtz.de
KfW-Office Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address: Hasana
Kikića 18, 7100 Sarajevo,
BiH
Phone: +387 33.266.610
Fax: +387 33.266.612
Email: Gerald.kuehnemund@kfw.de
Web address: www.kfw.de
